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16 alleged members of the “voltigeurs” gang are on trial in Paris on Tuesday, April 19. The thieves were robbing trucks, speeding down the highway. The damage of their various thefts is around 1.5 million euros, and the judgment expected Thursday, April 21.
On images from the Romanian police, “voltigeurs” launch themselves into the collision of a truck traveling at 90 km / h. The irruption of the commando is captured by the video surveillance system of a truck. Methods used by 16 people, who came from Romania and who, on Tuesday April 19, were tried in Paris. The gang’s methods are as polished as they are spectacular. They are suspected of having used a van with a specially fitted hatch to receive even larger cargoes.
Between 2018 and 2019, around fifteen thefts were recorded on French motorways. The gang was tracked for months by the gendarmes, then dismantled in the fall of 2019. Computer equipment, cosmetics and luxury perfume were found in the hideouts, for damage estimated at 1.5 million euros . At the hearing, the prosecutor asked for sentences of up to eight years in prison. Judgment in the case is expected Thursday, April 21.